Everything You Need to Know About AFTERLIFE - 7 Days to Die

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Big shoutout to Redbeard for helping me make this video! He (and his team) have done a fantastic job on this mod, I love it! The mod is available on the Mod Launcher Afterlife Discord: discord.gg/2cfHGJQhBR

[@dustinglover2743]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel please play as the enigma

[@Smokealldayy420]

Love it!! Can’t wait, got popcorn and a pot of coffee on stand-by 🫡❤

[@wtftolate3782]

I rather watch the last version you played

[@bannankev]

@@wtftolate3782he’s never played the afterlife mod before. Maybe you’re thinking of undead legacy? It kinda has some of the same looks and some same thoughts. But totally different mods.

[@lrinfi]

@@bannankev Didn't he hop into afterlife just a little while ago? Pretty sure he did.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

I'm starting an Afterlife series - look for Episode 1 on Friday or Saturday!

[@SammyHuntsman]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel I was just about to ask when you are starting a series. Also can't wait to see this series air!! Love your channel man!

[@ArachyFTW]

Can we get a guide on how to install it for us less tech savy people?

[@TheRealFault]

I played this in alpha 21 it's a great mod pack such an experience

[@dustinglover2743]

Please play as the enigma

[@bearnaff9387]

When you say "Series", do you mean episodic or livestream?

[@bobsizzlack008]

bit of trivia for ya - Anthrocite is a super high quality form of coal, that burns hot and is considered the most "clean" of the coals. It's abundant here in Wales, which is a cold country and no doubt why you find it in the snow biome!

[@Trimere]

Anthracite is abundant in northeastern Pennsylvania.

[@FabioPCarvalho]

@@Trimere Vampires too

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

@@Trimere All over Australia as well.

[@pbsixgun6]

@@FabioPCarvalho "...all the damn vampires..." \

[@capp00]

Going to go ahead and say , Holy crap, that is in-depth. Looks like a lot of fun

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

It's crazy how much work these modders do for our enjoyment 💪

[@GinSoakedBrain]

Capp is drooling over this one ;)

[@PaiRhoRaven]

That's very impressive and looking good. That infection system killed any interest tho.

[@alton250]

I hear ya. I'll probably try it the first few times with zombie involvement turned way down. Love the realism of survival, never been a fan of the zombie aspect. :D

[@Kraakesolv]

Agree, if you can't be cured...meh. was going to suggest it to my friends but they won't do it because of that

[@lrinfi]

Same here. It'd be nice to have an option either to turn that off in the menu before starting or simply make it believable (and difficult) to actually cure the infection by, for example, raiding some of those underground experiment labs and completing a formula for a cure some more benevlent grunt was working on that you can then craft with rare materials. The labs are generally found in tougher POIs, so progress there is more or less built in. You'd probably be relatively higher in level before you could start crafting them, so that would preserve the management mechanic while still providing a "realistic" option for those who'd prefer to play without it. (Would make for a great quest were the base game in a finished state as well.) You can probably toggle it off in the mod's files somewhere, but having the option would be nice.

[@AndiKoehn]

As I understand it, on the flipside you won't get infected as easily as in vanilla.

[@circaen]

It does not 'kill my interest' as it is a game & death is no permanent but there should be some way to cure it - even if very involved.

[@gilbertobrandina9487]

This mod had me when it called the nerd outfit "the useless outfit". I will definetely watch the series and install it! Thanks for the heads up!

[@Branwhin]

LOL the 'rain in your face' effect, and the fact that a sun hat will drastically reduce it. Can indeed confirm! I adore my sun hat, and will wear it in nearly all weathers save winter for exactly that reason. They're really good at keeping rain off of one's glasses! (and I also scorch in about five minutes flat, so there's that aspect)

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

I was blown away by those little details. Impressive work

[@todgeistyoshukai3477]

I spent probably 100 or more hours running Alpha 21 Afterlife, and it really is a good mod. I did have two gripes though... When you have the rain-on-lens effect and go past a light it is completely blinding, like a total white screen for me. This is a migraine trigger for some of us and something I wish could be toggled off and on. The rain-on-lens itself was interesting, but the lens flare just made it to where I stayed at base when it rained. Second gripe was the zombie AI or agro effect, I don't know if it has been changed, but I could crouch and do nothing, and zombies would eventually find me. Fight them and more would come. I don't know of this was purposeful or not, but it got to the point of more than mild annoyance for me and my other players. It's almost like you have a homing beacon and at a certain point just can't hide. We made it a practice to let them group up in one area and ran off to another area where due to spawn limitations it would be more "normal." Just my two cents, but I'd like an adjustment for that as well. Might have to make a mod for it, as the rest of Afterlife is very much to my speed. After close to 4,000hrs in this game I like the change of pace it brings.

[@nohbdy99]

How was multiplayer stability? I've been looking for a mod with friends, I want them to play Rebirth but until they can publish a mod that meshes with 1.0 multiplayer can be a bit of a gamble.

[@pbsixgun6]

My gripe was randomly dying for no reason. I KNOW what my infection was and it wasn't even at 10 each time. Wasn't hunger, wasn't thirst, wasn't bleeding or damage. My person just 'Fell over' and forced a respawn. If there is a mechanic that counts 'Sleep deprivation' or 'weather exposure', I sure hope they put some kinda WARNING in 1.0. Cause there was NOTHING saying why I was dying, even in the Logs. \

[@Shlarty-mn1rk]

Things in the mod can get rid of the rain on your screen read the things in the game and youll find these things out

[@weldabar]

I am blown away. This looks like a comprehensive & in-depth overhaul mod. I've not played any such mods as I haven't seen one that interested me. But this, this looks like something I must try. How many developers have contributed to this mod? I'm always amazed at what people can accomplish in their free (non-professional) time out of love for the game (not for the paycheck).

[@selenang2006]

dude afterlife is outdated and doesnt support latest 7dtd

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

​@selenang2006 it supports 1.0 but not 1.1. it's not too big of a deal because 1.1. wasn't all that crucial

[@selenang2006]

@@Fergus-H-MacLeod It is for those that are on 1.1. I swear i didnt press any updates but my versio nwas changed to 1.1. Sadge

[@jakkrit6910]

this overhual mod is suitable for the people that keep saying in forum that the game is too easy... and it look fun too. it's like playing gamma in stalker. it's the same game but much more complex and will make new player cry.

[@KiotheCloud]

any game becomes easy the more time u invest on it this mod doesnt really truly add difficulty only made it so getting to endgame becomes longer process.

[@74kross]

The point that you will die no matter what defeats iron man (no cure for infection is a no go for me. )

[@shul5684]

I think people claiming it’s too easy should play permadeath only. You bet your ass they won’t even make it to endgame playing as carelessly as they usually do.

[@74kross]

@@shul5684 BINGO PLAY RUN/SURVIALIST RUN/INSANE AND PLAY PERMADEATH

[@KiotheCloud]

@@shul5684 i already played perma death reach day 90 before i quit cause once u have full lvl 6 armour which is honestly really ez to get with min maxing and i know what all poi's have abuse meds and play on survivalist difficulty with sprint speend and nightmare on ferals it was pretty ez to get to day 90 honestly in vanilla if u know all the mechanics and exploit and play slow

[@pixelfu623]

Finally a great mod without traders and questing nonsense. This mod has depth I haven't found in other mods. My favourite version to play was 14.7, now I think this will be the new norm so thank you for showing it. Needed a change.

[@ChewyChops]

For those worried about the infection system, it's really easy to manage. There are literally mushrooms growing everywhere at night that you can pick which lowers the infection. You can craft tons of things to help and you will find way more antibiotics than in vanilla. Infection is not something to be worried about

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

Yeah, I was thinking that when I read some of the comments. It seems like managing the infection will just be like eating and drinking from a maintenance standpoint. Thanks for the mushroom info. I didn't know those can manage infection. I've just been finding honey and herbals so far.

[@MrZBrains]

YES YES !!! This is why i love mods man! A new fresh way to experience 7DTD!!!

[@OsamaBinLemon]

Pretty much turns 7 days into a 1st person Project zomboid and I’m here for it

[@Shlarty-mn1rk]

But better since zomboid is boring asf and kinda fucking stupid 😂

[@MrSniidy]

HOLY Moly! i am soooo stoked. This looks amazing, can't wait for a rekindle of my 7dtd Obsession. Also: New GNS Series, Hell Yeah!

[@kapkattaodam]

Dude, I watched the whole video without blinking. Thank you

[@FINSTREAM]

The content of this mod is really versatile and I don't necessarily play with mods myself, I just like to watch others play the game with the mod. I'm excited when you start the afterlife series. I'm waiting for the series to start.

[@AngerMaker413]

Thank you for making this known otherwise I probably wouldn’t have played this game again. You’ve done so much work for this games playerbase that you deserve comp from fun pimps. If I was the CEO I’d hire you as part of the marketing team. It’s a dishonor to them that they haven’t !!!

[@seanwarren9357]

Man, this looks awesome. Can't wait to follow the series. Thanks for all the great content. 😎

[@aesrys]

Geebus, with all the ores and processing, we can apparently now play 7 Days to Dwarf (Fortress). Looks interesting.

[@macdallanzero2145]

As expected the mod community is fixing nearly everything that TFP have done wrong with the game. Thanks modders! :) Seems the only thing they haven't fixed in this mod is the over-reliance on magazines.

[@He_Passarelli]

Hey i came here from your suggestion at my comment about undead legacy. I really enjoyed this mod and im gonna try it! Thank you so much for the greta work you've doing for the 7days community

[@londonlile9445]

Super excited for your next series. I found you during the 7d2d surge and I really love your content

[@DisciplineBeforeDishonor]

Beautiful summary man, thank you so much! You are extremely helpful to the 7 Days to Die community by summarizing these things, I remember your 1.0 Armor video was VERY digestible and a well-rounded educational experience on the whole topic, and this video is no different. I'm gonna start livestreaming this game tomorrow, and thanks to you, I'm feeling prepared 💪So sincerely buddy, thank you!

[@lrinfi]

Yep. That's pretty much *everything* I needed to know. Thanks! Great job on the planning and execution.

[@emmylock22]

I can’t wait for the afterlife series!

[@stevenomeara8262]

Thanks mate for the time you spend researching mods. This current one looks amazing and I look forward to hours spent toiling over the new mechanics

[@jasonbelanger7525]

This would be fantastic with a concentric rings map. Like wasteland in the center, burnt ring around that, then desert, then forest, then snow around the outside to sort of simulate an enormous nuclear explosion. I'm honestly surprised a map like that doesn't exist yet and wasn't vanilla.

[@vrDarkone]

There really should be something like this, not a perfect circle, but something close with some variations in the banding so it doesn't look like a bullseye.

[@lrinfi]

It just makes sense. Hopefully Navezgane, at least, will eventually morph into something like this.

[@Shlarty-mn1rk]

Because it sounds dumb asf 😂

[@Poppenheimer69]

@@Shlarty-mn1rk how is it dumb? As I understand Wasteland is a thing because it's a consequence of a nuclear strike. Having it in the middle of the map, surrounded by a burnt forest biome makes perfect sense. It would also make sense from gameplay standpoint and allow for a more natural progression. And considering how OP wants it to be OPTION for world generation or pre-made, like Navezgane, its not like the whole game would be like this. You come off ignorant af, pal

[@amak8935]

Let the AFTERLIFE Journey begins... I'm downloading the mod while watching this episode...

[@miliwoy007]

hehe same

[@shinigami891]

Looks like a nice realistic hardcore overhaul that doesnt have a bunch of wacky stuff in it.

[@topezdragon]

Thanks for the in-depth video, I was wondering what this mod was about and I will also be starting a afterlife playthrough while I wait for DF. I will be watching your series. Thanks for all your hardwork.

[@j-p4194]

I love it! Mods like these truly bring out the potential of this game! Can't wait to get started!!

[@wendyhawkins68]

lots of great info and I'll be creating my afterlife world soon! I'm really enjoying the real time conclusions on your videos. Thank you for all your time and effort!!

[@dhars_official]

Dude... This is fucking insane.. The effort that went into this mod.

[@Zeruellll]

Huh. I'm actually quite curious how you're gonna be handling the base building if that's case. Since we usually just nerd pole when building a base and treat it as scaffolding. Excited for the series specially the base you'll be designing since we all know you one of the people who makes good looking bases! 😁

[@Fluke1x]

Great creator boosting a great mod. Love to see it.

[@alcyone1985]

I'm very curious as to what happens when "you turn". If this mod lets you play as a zombie for a bit before returning to a human state then there is quite alot of potential for two story modes in this mod

[@superezbz]

I love the creativity. I think I'll try it while waiting for Undead Legacy. It may be awhile...........

[@sirnirvikingur]

@@superezbz loved UL and cant wait for it to update to 1.0

[@pbsixgun6]

I had it happen once.....You basically play like in Dying light 2 for a while.

[@Shlarty-mn1rk]

You dont turn at all you juat die

[@AmFFFers]

what I don't like in Afterlife is gets boring in the long run. no quests, no merchants, and the perks will be very hard to upgrade end game. a good tip will be to prioritize getting the compass watch and map. because you need a perk to craft it. using perk points early on other things will make it harder to get compass and map which is you really need. The guy who made this mod is a cool guy.

[@tephrosisOfficial]

What do you do then if there are no quests? Just survive?

[@AmFFFers]

@@tephrosisOfficial the things you can do late game are upgrading your skills, grind the perks, and farm for the inconite items to upgrade your base.

[@tephrosisOfficial]

@@AmFFFers I mean, the rest looks very good progression-wise, but removing the vendors cuts away options. I like having variety in the stuff we can do in games. That being said, I will try it out, because vanilla 1.0 was boring as hell...

[@AmFFFers]

@@tephrosisOfficial yes it's very nice variation to other full modded 7dtd. But the thing is even though it's just a game, the absence of merchants makes the scenario eerie, you're the last person alive (not if you play MP ofc). Idk if they updated it but the dukes here weighs a lot. For me when it comes to overhaul I'm more into Undead Legacy and Afterlife comes second.

[@np9145]

​@@tephrosisOfficial i never use the traders anyway. The game is too easy with them

[@YokoJrGaming]

I can't wait for this mod to drop! Just from what you showed it looks really interesting and fun. I can't wait for the series to start!

[@fengeir]

This looks like a mod that I will probably enjoy watching, but probably not playing. The need for constant crafting stations running in 1.0 just feels like a never ending infinite screamer cascade. But then, I don't play on Insane/Nightmare/25% loot, so I'm probably not the target demographic, and that's totally fine. Hopefully it'll eventually end up on something other than the mod launcher, so I can eventually give it a try, but I'm also fine with just watching Tem play it while I wait for Rebirth.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Rebirth will be the NEXT series if all goes to plan

[@pbsixgun6]

in Alpha 21 Afterlife I only ever saw 1 screamer I think. And had things running ALL THE TIME. 4-5 camp fires, 2 forges, 7 water collectors.

[@qspy0511]

Rebirth 1.0 is *planned* for the end of October

[@cryptictundra]

Just so new viewers (like myself) know... as of right now 10/09/24 the mod is only available for 1.0, so you will need to drop your 7d2d version from 1.1 to 1.0. Otherwise you will get a "KeyNotFoundException: The given key '##########' was not present in the dictionary." error on the loading screen. Great video and as soon as I seen the intro I was 'all in'.

[@michaeldere2892]

Holy crap. Never new this exist. Thank you for your review!

[@mihanshid2158]

at 06:50, this is an absolute GEM, why have not heard of this one before, this is awesome

[@tetukabuto]

Having both weight and slots seems like the worst of both without the perks of either... In vanilla you can load up on high stacking items. In a weight system like Undead legacy you can carry a large varity of low weight items like meds/candy without it getting in the way of normal looting. Looks like a nice mod but If I play it I probably cheat a bit on inventory.

[@lrinfi]

I'd have to agree. One or the other would be more than sufficient.

[@kethricwilcox2753]

This looks amazing. I like the rain catchers and the distilling station. Improving your skills and stats by doing with the magazines and books as ways to refine your skills is how the base game should work. I will be trying this mod in the future.

[@foobar1735]

honestly the idea of being guaranteed to get infected at some point with no possibility of cure, and nothing but a degrading experience from that point on, makes it pretty much a guarantee that I'll never touch this mod. Oh look, I spent all this time, did all these things, and none of them matter because I made one mistake, or worse, some TFP bug made it so a zombie hit me when they shouldn't have been able to, so I guess this run is just gonna do nothing but get worse from here... That just doesn't sound like fun to me.

[@orin999]

there's way to reduce the overall infection but no cure so you can manage it and keep it low

[@Cleav727]

Agreed, I was excited until the guaranteed infection point was made. Now it just sounds like a frustrating experience. Always one accidental click on infected water away from slowly losing everything. No thanks.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

The config files are your friend here. Adding an extra function to a food or drink item that reduces infection that you can craft (I would set it to a rare high level item - but it can be whatever you want) is quite easy. That's all I'll say for now. The devs will probably add something like that at some point. I like the idea of rogue like. When you die you can come back as a new character. You have none of the skills, but the world is as you left it. You can get back into your base, but it will be hard again because you start as a new character with no skills.

[@lesnacke]

yeah ill be watching this mod, not playing...

[@jeffrobagman2834]

There are clearly ways to manage it. It sounds like there may be a possibility of a cure, if you were high enough up the medicine tree. I would guess near maxed out. That's supposition on my part, but the phrasing 'no known cure', along with how some things are intentionally hidden from the player seems to include a possibility (perhaps not yet implemented). Or maybe I am reading too much into it. I'll definitely give this mod a try for at least a couple of times. The ability to mitigate the infection makes it interesting to me. The whole thing sounds very overwhelming, but also very promising. Definitely the kind of thing I want to try for myself. Really looking forward to the GNS playthrough!

[@TheSilentScreamX]

I enjoyed a lot of things about Afterlife, but the hunger and thirst were far too harsh. I raided a restaurant POI, found lots of food, and somehow came out hungrier and with less food than I went in with. It's a shame, because it seems like a cool mod with so much to explore and figure out, but you never get a chance to do it because the hunger treadmill doesn't stop long enough for you to have that luxury.

[@Xanthordragon5]

I agree, just downloaded and have been playing for the past 3 hours, and after the starting quest, all I've been doing is trying to get food to not die.

[@Totallynotkyubey]

A common foible with mods - the makers usually have their own idea of balance which is a far cry from what a traditional studio would do. Normally devs err on the side of easier, with optional challenges being the nail biting, hair pulling stuff. Modders often mistake frustration for challenge so nail biting can easily become the baseline. If you are not onboard, it can easily ruin the experience.

[@lrinfi]

Good to know. In fairness to the mod authors, I've never seen either a professional game or mod strike a good balance there in its survival mechanics. When it comes to food, I'd like the equivalent of three squares per day as a baseline. It's simply not fun to have to eat and drink *all the time* just to keep your avatar/character alive. We don't do that in real life. I'd prefer not to do that in a video game. Edit: Realistic Needs and Diseases and iNeed (for Skyrim) came close with a variety of settings to tweak it to suit the timescale to which you've set the game.

[@CapObv]

@@lrinfi Darkness Falls does a pretty decent job in early game food and thirst management. You can survive on apples and random veggies throughout the world, but it's tedious early grind stuff, as expected, but not impossible. The mid-game comes soon enough with teas and bacon+egg meals. Once you unlock meat stew, you're set for any playthrough into late game. Fruit Smoothies are the meat stew of liquids. Mods like Afterlife put a heavy emphasis on constant production to maintain your food and water. It should be interesting to see how this new version plays out.

[@lrinfi]

@@CapObv Haven't played any of the overhauls to date. Early game should be a little hairy. You're starting with nothing after all. (Though I'm pretty sure anyone would be able to cook bacon and eggs and boil coffee without having to read a recipe on how to do it. lol) I think the decision to offset the frequency and gravity of hunger and thirst with everything from skills to outfits in vanilla 7DTD has gone further to unbalance that aspect than anything else. That the avatar works up hunger and thirst during activities requiring exertion (sprinting, mining, etc.) is a good idea, but the mechanic in general is maybe a little too granulated for its own good. I imagine the temptation for modders is to granulate even further.

[@darkdvr]

Afterlife + your editing skills = amazing

[@Skippy0330]

Damn! I've been looking for a new true survival. This is the new true survival.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Yeah man this is a great survival mod! Always struggling but having fun every step along the way 🙂

[@thaliatherasdotter9175]

I loved to play Undead Legacy, so now I'm hyped for After Live. I hope to see this playthrough soon ^^

[@tonybones5509]

I'm on day 135 right now in my playthrough and i can't get enough of it. Never going back to vanilla.

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

Wow you must have looted an insane amount of POIs. Nice

[@ceejay4ever]

wow , it looks so detailed and fun cant wait to try it out myself.

[@blondy1528]

i cant wait to watch the playthrough of this, i might even try it out myself if i can ever figure out modding

[@lokiiisme2856]

Health and Stamina weren't enough? Now we have to manage "vitality" and the inevitable infection. No issues with the addition of vitality, but adding infection with no possibility of EVER curing it even with death is a bit much. Will probably still try it, looks like concepts already in a lot of mods like True Survival, Darkness Falls and Ravenhearst with others I have not seen.

[@lrinfi]

I can't imagine a toggle menu option there would be totally out of the question.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

If the infection kills you, it's "cured" If something else kills you, the infection persists until it kills you. Just to clarify 😋

[@pbsixgun6]

Jawoodle did an entire series like that. It can be done. Once I understood all the mechanics the infection part was easy. It was the other 'random' deaths I couldn't figure out. \

[@pbsixgun6]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel That's not how it worked in A21. You kept the infection even if you died. You just didn't SEE that you're infected unless you have an infection test kit. \

[@razielhendrek2974]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel Can you explain being turned for me? I uh accidentally drank water and now I'm infected and I can't find anything online about it!😅

[@TylerandMoRoll]

I love practically everything in this mod and I really wanna check it out.. However.. I've personally never been a fan of infections carrying over cause it doesn't make sense. I think a perma-death system is fine, or if you like that sort of thing, cool. But I hope this can be disabled in settings eventually. Otherwise it feels like you're inevitably screwed no matter what you're working towards. Too restricted, makes me feel like I'd be walking on eggshells trying not to get infected cause once you are it's a death sentence.

[@74kross]

Bingo defeats iron man , no matter how good you play you will eventually get infected

[@todgeistyoshukai3477]

You can keep the infection reduced with some of the in-game meds. It just becomes an additional requirement like food and water. There are jars of honey, herbal antibiotics and regular antibiotics in game, at least the A21 iteration. Haven't played the 1.0 variation yet, too busy building a dedicated server for my friends.

[@lrinfi]

Well, as for "making sense," it's pretty much in keeping with universal zombie lore. Get bit; get turned. But I do think it would be best for the mod itself to provide an option to turn it off in the menu and/or provide a way to craft a cure at some point. Would widen the mod's audience quite a bit from what I can tell. I feel the same. Just as I don't like feeling like I'm actually at work when playing a video game (grind, grind, grind); I don't much appreciate mechanics that are so harsh and unforgiving, the game becomes an exercise in frustration. I'll probably just try and turn off that particular mechanic in the mod's files, if nothing else.

[@Shlarty-mn1rk]

Its part of the mod either play or dont get over it

[@justinrutzer9314]

No traders is what killed it for me. I need a calm port in the storm even if its just to sell crap. Think save rooms in resident evil. Love this channel and love this mod still wish there was just more customization options for people who love to loot and trade.

[@Skeithalot]

Great video. Can't wait for the series.

[@juanpazuzu5918]

I love this mod, play it a lot in A21, but the infection system is kinda bummer for me...

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

This mod is freakin sweet. Anyone who is bothered by getting water in vanilla will hate this mod, lol. This is a true survival experience.

[@justinr291]

No traders means no quests, right? That's part of what I like most about 7D2D is that there is always a quest to go on, to go out and scavenge somewhere specific. So if this mod removes traders does it add more story quests to follow like say Darkness Falls? Or is it just a survive till you die kinda thing now like Project Zomboid?

[@lrinfi]

Interesting. I despise those nonradiant "odd jobs" that are so not "quests" (and rely on rng like everything else), it's unreal. That's a terrible habit I get the impression other game dev studios have picked up from the likes of BGS. BGS (Ubisoft, EA, et al.) is making entire games filled with practically nothing but them now, still daring to call their games "RPGs". Thus, no doubt, why the term "lazy development" has entered the lexicon. It's not so much "lazy" as indicative of the industry's quest to make a fully automated game, now jonesing for AI to do it, imo. Whatever. "Mindless" is the best term I can come up with for them. They make sense for, say, bounty hunting "side quests", mods and the like, but I'd just as soon not see them otherwise. In a game like 7DTD, it's fine for them to be there on RWG maps for those who care to indulge, but too much of the "random" is being taken out of "RWG" as it is, imo. Just please -- by all that is holy, devs -- don't call them "quests".

[@justinr291]

@@lrinfi I prefer story, don't get me wrong. That's part of what I love about Darkness Falls. But I'm very 'task oriented' when I'm playing a game. So if I have something telling me 'go here and do that for a reward' I tend to do that. Usually when playing with friends I'm the hunter/gatherer of the group who uses those quests to go to locations and grab supplies. Even solo, being just... alone.. in a dead world with no tasks to do other than the usual 'survive' tends to bore me.

[@lrinfi]

@@justinr291 Still plenty of tasks to do -- cooking, scavenging, mining, crafting, etc. You're just not being told to go out and do them...for little to no "reward", in the case of 7DTD. But I get that a lot of players play video games, even exclusively in some cases, just to do..."stuff" (doesn't matter what)...and be rewarded in some virtual "material" fashion for doing stuff, mindless or no. Video games are just a distraction from real life concerns to them and nothing more than that. Give me a reason to be doing something, as in RPGs, and I'm pretty much okay. (And, no, "this will help our 'cause'" doesn't cut it when there is no cause to help and no specific way to help it.) There's also a bit of an exploration loop to develop and explore in 7DTD that I think has been severely neglected. 7 Days is supposedly "open world," after all. But there are no incentives to explore the game world, e.g. unique structures (like the Shrine of Azura in Skyrim; Dinky the Dinosaur in New Vegas; satellite arrays and lighthouses in many games, etc. that can be seen from just about anywhere) or natural landmarks like caves. There are a couple of caves in the game (that seem very out of place), but nothing unique to discover in them. So exploration is pretty pointless other than for scavenging purposes. Everything to find in every POI is generic rng loot and nothing more or special in itself, specifically in a nonmaterial way. There may be something else to discover in some of them when story mode comes around, but I don't hold out much hope for that other than the tiny bit of environmental storytelling that's already there. Many of the POIs, especially the newer ones, are pretty unique and interesting in and of themselves, imo, but I'd wager the vast majority of them will never be explored unless the player makes a point of checking them all out and there's generally nothing to admire about them with the exception of some exceptional voxel architecture.

[@alexveselovsky5533]

No quests at all, and this means no POI respawn, no loot respawn, I spend 30+ days in the small town, with no bicycle, and I was stuck there, because I couldn't move resources to the new town... Coal is essential, but it only appears in the forest biome, when I moved to the desert, I was stuck yet again..

[@justinr291]

@@alexveselovsky5533 Yeah, I picked it up to try it out. It's alright, but the lack of trader quests is a down side to me. I've also encountered a few issues with.. I wanna say sand having no texture it's like a bright white... and if I click on the 'tailoring' skill it gives an error.

[@ade-1772]

Nice one for the tips and I have just started to play this mod and looks crazy good and the woods look fantastic and I was saying on my game earlier about looking up to drink rain water omg you can in this mod cool stuff

[@Modra_Uncy]

Thanks for this mate I will definitely do a playthrough at some point but not yet still having fun looking around 1.0

[@TizonaAmanthia]

in my playthrough, ammo was SCARES AS FRICK. so...maybe not do the sheriff. the backpack and watch are pretty rad though. you don't get the leather backpack for like 20 hours of gameplay and in that time, when your str is low, and you're probably relocating your base....that leather backpack was pretty great.

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

Yeah it is pretty scarce. I really need to save my ammo, I barely get to use it

[@tomix6690]

I've learnt of Afterlife from your previous video on it and ... Because of how much more hardcore it is in regard of resources, it was a massacre when we tried playing with 2 or 3 friends. But solo, I am havin an absolute blast. This is the first mod that I am willing and enjoying playing as solo adventure, though I am playing in Alpha 21 instead of Alpha 22 build, somehow A22 does not want to work for me. But one day ... :) Definitely can recommend, just be ready to never be fully prepared, guys and gals.

[@Axehilt]

The majority of changes here seem great! While I bought 7D years ago, I never got into it until just before/during 1.0. It makes a lot of missteps with its design, despite being pretty fun overall. One example being that dynamic world difficulty (zombies scaling to you) is fantastic, but it doesn't mix well with the current vanilla leveling system. One solution would be to have dynamic difficulty tied only to combat talents (freeing you to optionally take non-combat stuff without feeling penalized), or to have each level provide both a Combat Talent and Non-Combat Talent (and you can only spend points on the relevant talents). This philosophy works with or without use-based progression. Another improvement is POI variety (difficulty-wise), where Basic POIs should offer the same solo-scavengable gameplay they do now, but Hard and Swarmed POIs should offer escalating challenges for skilled and group players (and offer both far superior loot and probably unique loot you can only get from that harder content). Basically I want the game to try to offer a more challenging experience, but without enemies just being Billion-Hitpoint Meatshields, since that's the least fun type of difficulty in a game. Biomes also need love. The fact that I don't need special clothing to work/live in cold/hot biomes feels wrong. I would want it to feel a bit like ARK at a minimum (where you don't just instantly die with bad clothing, but it quickly becomes unbearable; in the heat your water would drain like 2x faster, and in the cold it's your food, and the most extreme stage of heat/cold should do outright damage if you don't have sufficient protection. Basically as a ~115 hour player who's spent a little time in other biomes, I still can't fully tell you exactly what *ANY* of them do, and that means the biomes have failed. It should be obvious from the start how each is different, and offer significantly different challenges.

[@nepocrates]

First time seeing your channel and I am looking top try afterlife it looks pretty awesome. Thanks for the video

[@ade-1772]

I love how the zombies chase the animals now too

[@inkfish83]

Sitting here playing Rebirth, wondering why I cant look up when its raining and get a lil hydro... then he made the comment about looking up in AL. I smiled.

[@whorhaydelfuego7190]

Been playing it for a few days now and a lot of items in the game need their descriptions updated, for instance pipe baton says it repairs with short iron pipes on one screen, but actually needs pitch which you can see on the stat screen for the item. Repairing blocks is wonky. To repair wood blocks you need wood chips or something, which you seem to only get from breaking wooden blocks, not wood and pitch, which you used to create the block. Spider zombies can climb, don't fall off when hurt, and will attack blocks while climbing. I discovered that while messing around in creative trying to sort out a horde base design, and honestly that feature alone might keep me from playing it any further. Because they climb into weird places and just start destroying structural integrity.

[@RRG269]

great video, lets me know that i will think twice before i try it!!

[@DanielCCoupe]

Honestly looking forward to the series and playing it.

[@CrabClownJimmy]

The Windrose Easter Egg made me giggle on the "diggy diggy hole" perk ha ha ha Looks like a overhaul, man!

[@IaIaCthulhuFtagn]

Wow that's pretty dark. I hope upping perception improves night vision, or NV goggles are readily available. The crafting system seems a tad too complex to be much fun.

[@Sneeky930]

OK. So the early game is finally terrifying again.

[@PympinPlays]

The Quick transfer is in base game on PS5, it is very nice indeed I believe it is R3. I use it all the time for quickly changing hot bar items on the go

[@shadowalkerwho]

Looks good! A lot of the features remind me of the things I like about Undead Legacy.

[@thedawnofcavemen3047]

possible change to the zombie AI? hopefully all the zombies wont have a PHD in Architectural Engineering and be able to pinpoint the weakest point of the base within half a second!

[@GamingAfter50]

Thanks Tem! This into to Afterlife is good. Very good. I want to play this mod now. I mean RIGHT NOW. Good job! 👍

[@TheRandyGr]

This looks amazing and in my opinion its how the base game should be!!

[@aragonraphael8133]

i tried afterlife solo before 1.0 and was not eager to continue with it , too difficult and as solo player so loneliness w/o any traders or NPC maybe with the 1.0 release it will be ok , but still no traders and i think still no NPC , that is why i wonder about Undead Legacy or rebirth first to play with the 1.0 release i did not play 1.0 yet ... it seems quite unfunny but sure i'll watch any of GNS Videos here :D

[@razorrex221]

I"ve loved playing it...can't wait for it to update to 1.0!

[@SleepingForestGaming]

"We made it to the big leagues Jackie"

[@WaywardEko]

Damn this is looking good!!

[@joeymerin7473]

I think it would also be nice to mention that in this mod, your food will also heal you but drains food in the progress so its like having healing factor.. however, this can be bad as it drains very fast and food will be hard to get early on. Gotta hunt a lot!

[@ZombieZayne]

The new ores and smithing system are nothing new for me, as I have been heavily invested in Vintage Story, which has the same ore names and metal heating mechanics. KZbin didn't tell my about this upload, so I'm late to the party. Can't wait for this series!

[@Equitine]

I cannot wait for this play through.

[@citizenzero5437]

This actually looks super cool!

[@wampyr88]

Option to disable infection or have a cure like honey is a must

[@KNGER1988]

Damn this is impressive. I haven't even touched V1 but this has me tempted

[@Combsstudio]

I get a new kid (foster) and miss that there’s going to be new 7dtd stuff AND it looks very cool!

[@Tutu_rutu]

Undead Legacy in Afterlife! :D This look sick, cant wait to try!

[@jadeobsession9088]

oooh, i cannot wait to see you play this

[@dgthunderer]

Looking forward to the Afterlife series. I think I'm going to start playing it myself. Should be able to tide me over until the UL update. Honestly, already done with vanilla 1.0.

[@garethrobinson6106]

This mod is great, Its very hard on food and water at the start and is far more interesting and doesn't get boring like the vanilla. The only gripe i have with this is you cant cure the virus even if it takes 100 honey just for the challenge and the mod would greatly improved in my opinion .

[@White_Tiger93]

ok that weapon reloading animation is quite amazing, TFP should hire the team!

[@magejoshplays]

I'd love to see you do a full playthrough of afterlife!

[@Luiaye]

aw man i wish it had traders just for the quests the quests is one of my favorite parts of the game

[@jamminen74]

I'm getting a bit frustrated with this, boiling water takes 20 min and i will lose hydration about as much even when standing still waiting for it, i can't move anywhere and i haven't found a town :P And finding anything to drink in rural POIs is hopeless

[@nickjohnson9640]

It’s tough at first. Especially as you’re learning the different mechanics versus “traditional” 7d2d. Good luck!

[@Slingblade2040]

Can't wait to see this series. I hope it's still on the mod launcher.

[@timetwist4653]

Looking forward to watching !